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The book analyses and compares a variety of processes of change: in evolution, learning and innovation, language and meaning, self and society and ethics and morality. Taking a realistic approach, the book is inspired by pragmatic philosophy, in particular, that of Dewey, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, and employs insights from economics, sociology, anthropology, and social psychology. The book aims to give a coherent synthesis of ideas about change and aims to see how one can take a process view of various features of humanity, such as knowledge, relations between people, language and morality, and how, vice versa, that might contribute to process philosophy.
’Bart Nooteboom has made award-winning contributions to our understanding of trust, learning, cognition, governance and innovation. In this exciting new book, Nooteboom weaves these threads together by offering a fresh philosophical look at the linguistic, epistemic and ethical foundations of the underlying social processes. Process Philosophy: A Synthesis is essential reading for social scientists and organisation theorists of all stripes.’ — David Gindis, Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Bart Nooteboom was professor of innovation and organisation in Groningen, Rotterdam and Tilburg universities. After a lifelong study of philosophy, he is now focussed on writing philosophy.
Preface; Foreword by Patricia de Sá Freire; Introduction: Definition of Terms, Purpose and Summary; 1. Evolution; 2. Learning and Truth; 3. Language; 4. Individual and Society; 5. Morality and Ethics; References; Index.